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17.12. BiNode

Description

The data structure TreeNode is used for binary tree, but it can also used to represent a single linked list (where left is null, and right is the next node in the list). Implement a method to convert a binary search tree (implemented with TreeNode) into a single linked list. The values should be kept in order and the operation should be performed in place (that is, on the original data structure).

Return the head node of the linked list after converting.

Note: This problem is slightly different from the original one in the book.

 

Example: 


Input:  [4,2,5,1,3,null,6,0]

Output:  [0,null,1,null,2,null,3,null,4,null,5,null,6]

Note:

  • The number of nodes will not exceed 100000.

Solutions

Solution 1

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# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.left = None
#         self.right = None


class Solution:
    def convertBiNode(self, root: TreeNode) -> TreeNode:
        def dfs(root):
            if root is None:
                return
            nonlocal prev
            dfs(root.left)
            prev.right = root
            root.left = None
            prev = root